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Food Waste |

A Vancouver Business Diverts 70,000 kg of Food From the Trash

CBC recently posted this article, about Sang Le and Arielle Lok, who buy misshapen and surplus fruits and vegetables from farmers and wholesalers, then redistribute them to consumers through their…

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Food Waste, News |

Second Harvest Research Presentation on Food Waste

Wasted Opportunity, Rescuing Surplus Food in a Throwaway Culture Second Harvest invites you to attend the reveal of their ground-breaking research, Wasted Opportunity, Rescuing Surplus Food in a…

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Food Waste, From The Sea |

The Great Resource Reclamation

Ben Wiper, founder of 3F Waste Recovery is leading a Newfoundland success story, as his company figures out ways to make use of what we currently throw away.  Rather than ……

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Alberta’s Vertical Farms Focus on Stability, Sustainability

In a warehouse bay nestled between a casino and a car dealership in southeast Calgary, NuLeaf Farms produces leafy greens and herbs such as thyme and basil. The company’s operation ……

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Composting, Food Waste |

How an Ottawa company diverts food waste from landfills

An Ottawa-based company is trying to change the way households across the country dispose of food waste with innovative technology that speeds up the composting process to a matter of ……

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Food Waste, News |

Sobeys Teams With Second Harvest To Divert Food From Landfills

Empire Company Limited, the parent company of Sobeys stores, have formed a national partnership to implement the Second Harvest Food Rescue App. Second Harvest’s food rescue app will enable…

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The Facts Of Food Waste

My name is Leah White, and I work for Second Harvest as their operations lead for Newfoundland and Labrador.   Second Harvest is Canada’s largest food rescue…

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Composting, Food Waste |

Western Environment Centre New Composting Initiative

Based in Corner Brook, the Western Environment Centre is partnering with the city of Coroner Brook to create community gardens and is now focused on composting of household kitchen and ……

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Food Waste |

A Guide to Food Waste Audits

Second Harvest, a nation wide company looking to tackle the issue of food waste in Canada, recently held an online seminar on how to do a food waste audit in ……

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Food Waste |

Podcast: The opportunity of food waste

Is food waste really an opportunity? Denise Philippe of the National Zero Waste Council believes so. Listen to this discussion where she outlines gaps in our food system and shows ……

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